Presentation of Murska Sobota

Murska Sobota is atowncity and civic municipality in Prekmurje ("over
the Mura river") region of Slovenia. The city was before the First
World War under Hungarian rule, and still has a
sizeable Hungarian minority.

Željko Heimer, 8 January 1999

Municipal flag of Murska Sobota

The 1996 Decision on the flag and arms of Murska Sobota was
amended in 1998 by Decision Odlok o spremembah odloka o grbu in
zastavi Mestne občine Murska Sobota, adopted on 27 January 1998 and
published in the official Slovene gazette Uradni list Republike
Slovenije, 9/1998.

The design of the flag was modified, but the coat
of arms was not changed, neither was any other prescription
regarding the use of the municipal symbols.
According to Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05], the flag was designed by the academic painter Sandi Červek, who probably also designed the former flag.

The flag is rectangular, in proportions 4:9, horizontally divided green
(turquoise)-white with the coat of arms set at
hoist. Height of the coat of arms is 1/2 the hoist.

The flag may be hoisted vertically, with the white field to the viewer's
left. That is just opposite to usual flag rotation use, but it is
prescribed that way in the Decision.

Željko Heimer, 7 May 2005

Coat of arms of Murska Sobota

The coat of arms of Murska Sobota is described as being shield-shaped of three
colours - turquoise, golden and silver. The shield is turquoise with
silver bar through it and above it three golden suns, one rising, one
in zenith and one setting. The shield is outlined with a golden line.
These suns are actually one disk and two semi-circles. The colors are
defined according to the Chromoton colour scale as follows:
- Turquoise: Chromoton 204
- Silver/gray: Chromoton 261
- Golden/yellow: Chromoton 106

According to Stanič & Jakopič [j2s05], the three golden "suns" are the three apples that symbolize St. Nicolas, the patron saint
of the Murska Sobota parish since the Middle Ages.

Željko Heimer, 7 May 2006

Former flag of Murska Sobota

The former coat of arms and flag were prescribed by Decision
Odlok o Grbu in Zastavi Mestne Občine Murska Sobota, adopted
on 3 October 1996 and published in the official Slovene gazette
Uradni list Republike Slovenije, nr. 56, pp. 4687-9, 11
October 1996, with effect the next day.
The construction sheet of the coat of arms and flag is given as an
Annex to the Decision in the official gazette.

The flag is based on the coat of arms. It is
horizontally divided turquoise-white, with three suns set near the
hoist. The flag proportions are 1:3, and the bottom line of the two
half-suns is to be on an imaginary line placed 1/2 of the hoist
height from the hoist. The diameter of the disk is 1/5 of hoist, 1/10
from both edges to half-suns, and 1/10 between half-suns and full-sun
along the hoist axis. The colors of the flag are also given according
to Chromoton scale, omitting white (that is silver of the coat of
arms).